Experimenting
Donald Macleod and Thea Musgrave discuss her early experiments with electronic techniques and her long friendships with musicians
All this week, Donald Macleod is in conversation with Thea Musgrave as the Scottish born composer celebrates her 90th birthday.
In this programme she discusses her early experiments with electronic techniques as well as her long friendships with musicians such as oboist Nicholas Daniel, horn player Barry Tuckwell and conductor Colin Davis. She explains how she developed a form of music that she describes as dramatic abstract, where she experiments with spatial configurations of players and acoustic possibilities.
Niobe for oboe and pre-recorded tape
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Concerto for horn and orchestra
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Scottish National Orchestra
Thea Musgrave, conductor
Wild Winter I
Red Byrd
Fretwork
Presenter: Donald Macleod
Producer: Rosie Boulton for BBC Wales
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Thea Musgrave
Concerto for horn and orchestra
Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thea Musgrave.- LYRITA: SRCD253.
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Thea Musgrave
Wild Winter I
Ensemble: Red Byrd. Ensemble: Fretwork.- NMC: CD167.
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Broadcast
- Tue 2 Oct 201812:00BBC Radio 3
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